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Beschreibung

Maharashtra, India's richest state by GDP, has its eyes set on becoming the country's first trillion-dollar economy by 2025. At the same time, Marathwada - a historically backward part of the state adjoining the distressed Vidarbha region - has seen a surge in farmer suicides.

At the heart of the crisis is a cyclical drought that has pe...

Maharashtra, India's richest state by GDP, has its eyes set on becoming the country's first trillion-dollar economy by 2025. At the same time, Marathwada - a historically backward part of the state adjoining the distressed Vidarbha region - has seen a surge in farmer suicides.

At the heart of the crisis is a cyclical drought that has pe...

Über den Autor

For twenty years, Kavitha Iyer's work as a journalist has revolved around recounting the stories of those on the margins, from slum dwellers in Mumbai to indigenous farmers in remote villages. She has written extensively on India's farm crisis, land rights, land reform, farmer suicides, distress migration and urbanization. After two stints spanning over seventeen years with The Indian Express, she is now an independent journalist.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9789390327461
ISBN-10: 9390327466
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Iyer, Kavitha
Hersteller: HarperCollins Publishers India Pvt Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 216 x 140 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Kavitha Iyer
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.10.2021
Gewicht: 0,463 kg
Artikel-ID: 132796476